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AUTOMATIC VENDING APPARATUS.

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CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND,

ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTOMATIC BOX COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,415, dated November 15, 1887.

Application filed May 3, 1887. Serial No. 236,003.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY Ros- SELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 80 Grays Inn Road,

London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Goods-Selling Apparatus, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 12,086, dated October 10, 1885,) of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of automatic goods-selling apparatus which contain goods for sale and are automatically operated by the action of the 5 inserted coin.

The invention consists in the novel combination, with a casing having a moneyslot, a chute for directing the introduced coin, and a delivery-aperture, of a balanced money-receiver adapted to be overbalaneed by the weight of inserted coin, an escapement-wheel, and drum carrying the articles to be delivered, the said escapement-wheel and drum being actuated and in part rotated when released by any suitable clock-work mechanism.

' The invention also consists of other features and combination of devices, all of which are hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent, respectively, partly-sectional front and back elevations of my invention, the moneychute being removed in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a partly-sectional end elevation showing one arrangement of storage-compartments and 3 5 clock-work and escapement mechanism and slot-closing device. Fig. 4 is a part end view showing an alternative arrangement of storagecompartments. Figs. 5 and 6 show two alternative arrangements of es'capement-whcels 4o controlled by a movable coin-receiver centered upon the lower end of the money-chute.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all of these figures.

A is a casing having a movable door or side,

A, adapted to be secured by a lock, and which is opened for charging the box and closed when in use. A money-slot, a, is formed in the upper part of easing A, of a size suitable to admit of a coin or coins of definite size and thickness, and provided with an internal chute, a,

(No model.) Patented in England October 10, 1885, No. 12,086.

for guiding the coin into acoin-receiver, b, of suitable shape. The chute a may be provided with an opening on its'under side, through which any coin or substance smaller or heavier than that intended will pass, and, if desired, may be returned by a second chute, a". The coin-receiver b may be placed upon one end of a vibrating lever, B, centered on a spindle,

I), carried in a bearing upon a standard, such as Z), as shown in Fig. 2, or the spindle b of the lever B may be centered upon the lower extremity of the chute a, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The lever B is provided with a counterbalance-weight, b, which is capable of adjustment to the weight of the coin or coins required to overbalance it. Upon the lever B is fixed an anchor, 0, having two pallets, c c, one of which normally engages with an escapement-wheel, D. The escapement-wheel D is placed loose on a fixed horizontal spindle, d, supported by the standard 11, which also carries loose a goods-storage drum or wheel, E. This drum is of suitable width, and around its periphery compartments 6 e are provided for the storage of goods, of a size and form suitable to the class of goods required, such as cigars, cigarettes, bottles, sweetmeats, photographs, and so forth. These compartments may be placed horizontally and open at the top, having an outer casing, c, to retain the articles in position.

A delivery-aperture, e, is formed in the cats ing, beneath which an inclined plane, a", is placed, leading to delivery-aperture e in the casing A. The compartments 0 are closed at the back by a plate, e, and also at the front by a plate, 6', which may be conveniently fixed to the movable side or door A of the casing, all of which arrangements are shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3; or the compartments 6 e may be arranged diagonally, as in Fig. 4, and open at the top, as described, or they may be made of a hollow or tubular section, in which case the outer casing, e, is not required, and the delivery-orifice c is arranged, as shown in 5 Fig. 4, at the point of steepest inclination of the compartment opposite to it.

The drum and escapement-wheel are actuated and caused to rotate intermittently in one direction only upon the spindle d by the to action of an ordinary coiled clock-spring, preferably incased in a barrel, F, fixed to the frame of the drum E. One end of the spring is fixed to the barrel F and the other to the spindle d, or an equivalentweight and chain acting on the drum E may be used. The spring or weight is wound by rotation of drum E in a backward direction, and to insure its automatic rotation in a forward direction only a ratchet-wheel, f, is fixed, preferably, on the drum and controlledbya spring stop-pawl, d, centered'on escapement-wheel D.

The action is as follows: A coin or coins of proper size and weight introduced at slot as slides or slide down chute a and is or are deposited in receiver 12. The weight, overbalanci-ng and depressing it, causes part rotation of spindle 7), thereby actuatin the pallets c and releasing escapement-whee D, which,with the drum E, is then partly rotated upon spindle d by the action of spring F or equivalent weight. When the coin-receiving tray is sufficiently depressed, the coin slips off and is deposited in the money-drawer or cash-box H,

and the receiver 12 is returned to normal position for operation by the action of the counterbalance-weight b", at the same time causing the pallets c to release one tooth of the escapementwheel D and the drum, thus carrying one article opposite the delivery orifice (2*, through which it passes to the purchaser, and the money-receiver is left ready for the next operation.

The clockwork mechanism described is found to be one which is at once simple and effective; but any other known type of mechanism may be substituted. The escapementwheel D is shown as of the ratchet type; but other types of escapement-such as are shown in Figs. 5 and 6-controlling pin-wheels D may be used.

To prevent the admission of coin when the last article is delivered, acover-plate,G, is provided on a lever, g, pivoted at g. The lever is acted upon by a vertical rod, 9 having a horizontal arm, g as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A stop, g, is formed on drum E and arranged so that when the last article has been delivered it engages with and pulls down arm giturning lever garound its center and raising plate G to cover slot at. The stop is returned by rewinding drum E.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

an escapement-anchor, and pallets and wheel, a

a rotary drum on the shaft of the said wheel, provided with compartments for storing articles, and means for rotating the drum when the money-receiver is operated, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in an automatic goodsselling apparatus, of the casing having a moneyslot, a money-chute, and a delivery-orifice, a movable delivery device, a money-receiver, a swinging lever, 9, having a cover-plate, G, for the money-slot, a vertical rod, connected with said lever and having a horizontal arm, and a stop, 9, on the moving delivery device for drawing down the vertical rod to close the money-slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. HENRY RpssELL.

Witnesses:

J. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,

70 Chancery Lane, London. WALTER J. SKERTE'N,

l7 Gracechmch Street, London, E. O. 

